MEGHAN MCCAIN: Gwyneth Paltrow sells pseudoscience and starvation diets

Gwyneth Paltrow is an academy award-winning actress turned health guru, who has never had any medical training nor any medical training.

Yet she is the face and founder of the so-called multi-million dollar wellness and lifestyle brand, Goop.

Let’s be clear: if what she’s selling is wellness, then I don’t want to be a part of it.

Gwyneth sat down with Dr. Will Cole for a recent episode of his podcast ‘The Art of Being Well’. It’s not the kind of podcast I would normally listen to, but I’m not the type of person to go on yoga retreats or do sound baths.

So imagine my surprise when I learned that Dr. Cole is not a doctor in the traditional sense, because he never went to medical school. In reality, he is just as much a doctor as Dr. Jill Biden.

Dr. Cole received his doctorate from Southern California University of Health Sciences. Their programs include chiropractic, acupuncture, and traditional Chinese medicine. Oh good!

To his credit, Dr. Cole clearly states on his website, “I do not practice medicine and do not diagnose or treat any disease or medical condition.”

It is an important disclaimer. And it goes some way to explaining why someone who calls herself a doctor sat nodding while Paltrow rambled on about her utterly absurd and disturbing personal “wellness” routine.

Be patient, because her “routine” reads more like a cult’s daily activity schedule. She even joked that she’s a “full disciple of Dr. Will Cole’ is. Okay, now it gets really scary.

So here we go… a day in the life of Gwyneth Paltrow:

– She wakes up, meditates, and eats something that doesn’t “beep” her blood sugar, like coffee, celery juice, and lemon water.

– Then Gwyneth does an hour of ‘move’ – a walk, taste buds or the notoriously rigorous Tracy Anderson workout.

– This is followed by dry brushing. (I had no idea exactly what this was since the only thing I’ve ever dry brushed is a horse, but apparently it’s for skin exfoliation)

– This is followed by an infrared sauna session of 30 minutes.

– Her first meal of the day is at noon, and it’s green soup or bone broth ‘many of the days’.

– She eats an early dinner with “lots of veggies,” fish, or “birds” to fit into her “paleo” diet. (She sneaks in a sweet potato or cassava.)

– Paltrow ends her day with a “nice intermittent fast,” meaning she doesn’t eat again until noon the next day.

This sounds horrible.

I know this is nothing new to Paltrow. We’ve heard her crazy, elitist comments about food before.

She once complained that she was “breaking down and eating bread” during the COVID pandemic while many Americans struggled to get groceries. And she claimed she would rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a can. Interestingly, she admitted to smoking cigarettes and using cocaine in the past, so you kind of understand that.

But for someone as rich and famous as Gwyneth Paltrow, her life sounds like hell. Nothing about her day sounds nourishing or satisfying. The laser focus on “wellness” seems obsessive and, quite frankly, unwell.

“My body is not a natural detoxifier,” she tells Cole.

I don’t know what she’s detoxing from. Bone broth?

“I’m still dealing with some mold, though it’s probably pretty good now,” she mused to Cole. “It’s in the past,” he reassures her.

I thought kidneys were for detoxing, but what do I know.

Here’s what else Paltrow does – brace yourself – rectal ozone therapy.

‘It’s kind of weird. But it helped a lot,” she says.

Yes it.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, “rectal ozone therapy” is “unregulated and can do more harm than good.” In 2019, the FDA issued a warning against the practice, saying there is no evidence it provides any benefit.

And oh yeah, Paltrow does the entire interview hooked up to an IV and waxes poetic about the different types of IV bags she prefers.

We’ve learned she’s on a “bag of good old-fashioned vitamins.” You know what else is a good source of vitamins? Food.

Hey, knock yourself out, Gwyneth. You do you. If you want to eat one real meal a day and blow things up your ass – be my guest.

But the problem is that Paltrow isn’t just living her best life – she’s broadcasting it to the world and selling it on her website.

This is not the first time; Paltrow has been associated with disturbing health claims.

Goop sold quartz eggs to preserve vaginal health, for which the company agreed to pay $145,000 in civil penalties when the claims were found to be “unsubstantiated.” Other products included ‘energy sticker’ spray to protect users from harm. I mean – this is really crazy stuff.

Paltrow may not be a natural detoxer, but she’s not a “wellness” expert either. She is a businesswoman who sells pseudoscience and starvation diets to American women. Her grief shrouded in the veil of “wellness,” but it’s about time she was called out for selling snake oil.

This interview raised many eyebrows as there is a growing awareness of eating disorders in American culture. Paltrow is rightfully torn apart by commentators, doctors, and nutritionists for promoting a lifestyle that doesn’t provide enough calories to maintain a healthy diet.

She’s become something of an icon for “almond moms,” a slang term for wealthy, middle-aged women who don’t eat real meals and instead snack on almonds and health bars throughout the day.

You know the type, we all do.

Even more awkward, when you watch the video of this, Gwyneth looks… bad, tired, haggard and much older than her 50 years.

I rarely talk about other women’s looks, but since she puts herself out there, let’s talk about it. The women I admire in “wellness” aren’t hooked up to an IV bag.

No wonder there’s an Ozempian craze sweeping the nation and ‘heroic chic’ thinness is back on the runways. This “wellness” trend is making us sick. And Gwyneth Paltrow is part of the problem.